Court Battle Ends With California School District Keeping Its Revised Parental Notification Policy

School board president Sonja Shaw says it’s a ‘monumental win’ for parental rights.
Court Battle Ends With California School District Keeping Its Revised Parental Notification Policy
Sonja Shaw, president of Chino Valley Unified, speaks at a press conference outside the California state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2023. Courtesy of California Family Council
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Neither California officials nor the Chino Valley Unified School District have appealed a court ruling over the district’s revised parental notification policy that would inform parents if their child requests changes to his or her school records, according to the school board president and the state attorney general.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the original Chino Valley policy mandated the “forced outing” of transgender students, while parental rights advocates say the state has encouraged school staff to keep parents in the dark about social gender transitions and that parental authority outweighs student privacy.